Engineering Manager, Google Messages

Job Description

The Software Engineering Manager role at Google involves technical leadership, team management, and project strategy to optimize code, develop the team, and contribute to product strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
• 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of software engineers, driving their technical development, career growth, and enhancing the collective engineering knowledge base across the team.
• Define the technical strategy and architecture for scalability and robustness to support a billion plus user base, primarily using Kotlin on the Android platform.
• Ensure reliability and performance (latency and quality) for core messaging functionality, including RCS, SMS, and MMS stacks, utilizing data-driven methods to address transport reliability issues.
• Provide technical leadership by contributing to design documents, projects, and leading code and design reviews to steer the team's direction and maintain high quality standards.
• Serve as a key cross-functional collaborator, partnering with multiple internal teams (e.g., Android platform) and external entities, including carriers and manufacturers, to integrate and advance core messaging technologies.

Benefits

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.